Party, State leader warns against self-satisfaction

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
and President Nguyen Phu Trong acknowledged the country’s 2018 socio-economic
development achievements but warned against self-satisfaction when attending
the Government’s meeting with localities on December 28.

Trong noted that the
country is still facing a lot of difficulties and challenges due to
unpredictable developments in the regional and global situations, and latent
risks in the world economy, especially in finance, monetary and exports due to
impacts of trade wars, along with unsolved shortcomings and problems in the
economy and social affairs.

The Party and State
leader underlined several main tasks for 2019, including consolidating the
macro-economy, controlling inflation, improving the capacity to respond to
abnormal developments of the market, particularly the world economy,
maintaining the growth pace and quality through the improvement of the business
and investment environment, and raising the productivity, quality, efficiency
and competitiveness of the economy in combination with stepping up growth model
reform and economic restructuring.

The top leader
underlined the need to speed up administrative reform, effectively remove barriers
against production and business activities, develop various types of markets in
a synchronous manner, push ahead with the rearrangement of State-owned
enterprises, and encourage the involvement of all economic sectors at home and
abroad in development investment.

It is also essential
to complete the socialist-oriented market economic institutions, pay more
attention to socio-cultural development and implement social progress and
equality in every policy, Trong stated.

He emphasised the
necessity to strengthen defence and security strength, protect independence,
sovereignty and territorial integrity of the nation, ensure political security,
social order and safety, and step up external relations activities.

He also asked for
better building of the Party and political system, as well as better personnel
work to choose really competent officials to leading positions.

The conference heard
reports on the country’s socio-economic development in 2018, examined the
Government’s performance during the year and discussed draft Government
resolutions on tasks for 2019.